1902 - The United States purchased the rights to build the Panama Canal from a French company for 40 million dollars.
1914 - A Serbian assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife in Sarajevo. This incident helped initiate World War I.
1919 - World War I ended, and the Treaty of Versailles was signed between Germany and the Allies.
1935 - Alfred Perry won the British Open golf championship.
1993 - Actor Tom Cruise left his handprints in cement at the Chinese Theater.
2003 - China opened the Lupu Bridge, described as the longest arch bridge in the world.
2005 - The funeral of Filipino Cardinal Jaime Sin was held.
2006 - Montenegro became the 192nd member of the United Nations, one month after ending its 88-year partnership with Serbia, completing the breakup of the former Yugoslavia.
2007 - Israeli President Moshe Katsav signed his guilty plea for committing sexual offenses against employees in 2010. He served 5 years in prison before his release in 2016.
2012 - The "Gardens by the Bay," covering 101 hectares, opened in Singapore.
2012 - The world's first cable car launch was conducted through the implementation of a cable car system.
